Jean-Paul Sartre: Hated Conscience of His Century is Sartre’s official biography written by John Gerassi and published in 1989. The book is based on a series of long interviews and conversations between Gerassi and Sartre that were conducted 1974 – 1979…

The limits to established democracy and alienation from diverse forms of power require alternative models because without alternative visions, we risk being stuck in the status quo; a dystopian reality in which powerlessness continues. In contemporary democracy, all citizens theoretically have equal power to vote. The problem is that voting power does not always translate into the decisions governments will make or the decisions made by other important actors. There are several key reasons why the power to vote can be limited in its ability to reflect popular will or the interests of individuals.

Stockholm Centre for International Social and Economic Reconstruction (SCISER) is a politically and religiously independent organisation with the aim of connecting research and political activism in areas such as peace, social and ecological sustainability, as well as civil and political rights.